Lyft makes self-driving research public

Transportation network company Lyft has announced that it is making research data on self-driving technology available to the public. Lyft is releasing the research data in a bid to accelerate the development of robotic cars. Bloomberg reports that the development of robotic cars is seen as critical to the ride-hailing company’s future viability. The research is being called the largest trove of data made available to researchers and rivals by Lyft as the initiative includes more than 55,000 three-dimensional frames gleaned from cameras, lidar and radar installed on its research fleet. It also includes data from highly detailed maps created by Lyft’s test vehicles, which have been gathering data for nearly two years.

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